Lot 23
1793 S-13 R4- Liberty Cap. Fine-15. Sharpness VF30 but the surfaces are slightly rough. The roughness is mostly hidden under a glossy patina of dark chocolate brown and olive with lighter chocolate brown on the devices. No verdigris, and the only marks of any significance are a few minor planchet fissures, as struck. A shallow fissure extends from the top of the cap across to the dentils above the end of the pole while another parallel one shows in the hair left of the eye. On the reverse there is a single very thin fissure reaching from the rim at T in UNITED to the rim just left of the first A in AMERICA. This fissure is exactly parallel to the obverse fissures so they all follow the same stress lines in the rolled copper. A tiny rim nick over the second S in STATES and a barely visible rim bruise just left of the fraction are the only contact marks on this otherwise attractive if slightly imperfect Liberty Cap cent. EDS, Breen state I, before any swelling at NT in CENT. Well struck and nicely centerd on the planchet with strong, full border beads on both sides. DWH #3567.
Estimated Value $20,000-UP.
Ex Tony Terranova & Chris McCawley 6/24/09.
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